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travail

Meaning of “travail”

Sense 1: The painful labour and anguish of childbirth. Sense 2: To undergo such labour. Sense 3: Severe toil, trouble, sorrow, or suffering.

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KJV context and cross-referencesSkeat 1893Webster 1828
31 occurrences30 verses13 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 38:27

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John 16:21
A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world.
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1611 witness · John 16:21 · retained source text

A woman, when she is in trauaile, hath sorrow, because her houre is come: but assoone as she is deliuered of the child, she remembreth no more the anguish, for ioy that a man is borne into the world.

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toil, labour, labour of childbirth.

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